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Fayetteville Technical Community College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for its $4.5 million high-tech collision repair center. The new program aims to fill a gap in providing skilled workers in the auto-repair industry, which requires more technological savvy than in previous years.

The Fox TV show "Sleepy Hollow" had an estimated $250,000 economic impact on New Bern and provided significant exposure for Tryon Palace, according to the New Bern-Craven County Convention and Visitors Center. Fox has said it plans to move production to Atlanta if the show is renewed for a third season.

The new owners of Fayetteville's Prince Charles Hotel property plan to spend $11 million renovating the building into apartments with street-level retail shops. Project manager Michael Lemanski, founder of Durham-based Greenfire Real Estate Holdings, has led the revitalization of much of downtown Durham over the last 15 years.

Fayetteville and Cumberland County have proposed incentives totaling $6.3 million for Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms to build a chicken-processing plant that would employ 1,000 people. More than 120 people have signed up to speak at Monday's public hearing on the incentives.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote Feb. 26 on whether to strike down state laws that limit government-run Internet networks. Wilson, which hopes to expand its own high-speed Internet service it launched in 2008, and Chattanooga, Tenn., filed petitions last year asking the FCC to overturn the laws.

Lenoir Memorial Hospital plans to sign a management agreement with Winston-Salem-based Novant Health this spring. Under the terms of the initial proposal, Gary Black will remain CEO of the 261-bed hospital. Lenoir posted an operating loss of nearly $14 million over the last five years, according to public filings.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber may be laying off at least 30 to 40 of its 2,500 workers at its Fayetteville tire-manufacturing plant, according to source at the company. Goodyear has not confirmed the job cuts.

The town of Belhaven reached an agreement with Vidant Health that will allow the Greenville-based health system to begin construction of a $4.2 million, 24-hour clinic that will serve Hyde and Beaufort counties. The town and the NAACP are still awaiting a decision from a federal complaint they filed over Vidant's decision last year to close Vidant Pungo Hospital.

The Interior Department proposed offering one lease for drilling for oil or natural gas off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia or Virginia in 2021. The site would be at least 50 miles from the coast, and drilling would begin only after environmental studies are completed. Coastal towns that rely on tourism dollars have passed resolutions opposing the practice. Also: Obama fires first in coming 'battle royal' over Atlantic drilling

Global Nuclear Fuel, the GE-led joint venture of Hitachi and Toshiba, received a contract worth more than $100 million to provide fuel for a nuclear station in Nebraska through 2034. The fuel will be manufactured at GNF's Castle Hayne campus near Wilmington.

Wilmington-based nCino was the only North Carolina business to make Forbes' recent list of America's Most Promising Companies. nCino ranked 93rd on the list, which includes private companies generating less than $300 million annually and considers revenue growth, employee growth, capital raised and management, among other factors.

Trustees provided few details regarding Cape Fear Community College President Ted Spring's abrupt resignation on Thursday, while county commissioners expressed surprise and concern over Spring's departure.

Through a partnership with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, Duke Energy will build a 13-megawatt solar project at Camp Lejeune. The 80-acre project could provide enough power for about 3,000 homes.

Ted Spring resigned as president of Cape Fear Community College after a little more than two years in the position. Amanda Lee, vice president for instructional services, will become interim president.

Donald Porter, executive director of the Raeford-Hoke Economic Development Commission, calls Hoke County a "poultry-friendly community" and says his phone has been ringing off the hook from residents wanting to know if the county will try to lure Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms. Hoke County has lost hundreds of jobs over the last two years as House of Raeford closed its local turkey plants ("Turkey trot," January).

Vertex Rail Technologies CEO Don Croteau said the company will begin hiring production workers in February and will build its first sample rail car in March or April. Vertex plans to invest $60 million and hire 1,300 people at the former Terex plant in Wilmington. Croteau says potential revenues could total $600 million to $800 million.

Construction is almost complete at Cape Fear Valley Health's Hoke County hospital, which could open its doors in February or March. The 41-bed hospital is less than 3 miles from FirstHealth of the Carolinas' eight-bed hospital that opened in October 2013.